Saturday, August 17, 2013

I thought I would never have love with MS, since I have had two failed relationships after the ms diagnosis. True love is possible with a chronic, unpredictable illness.

 
Katrina Taylor, Columnist & Poet, MSnewsChannel.com
Share my poem. It's a poem about finding a love when least expected, finally true love. A love I found with a man who accepts me and accepts my multiple sclerosis. For a long time, I thought I would never have love with ms, since I have had two failed relationships after the ms diagnosis. True love is possible with a chronic, unpredictable illness.

A Love like This
I have spent many days searching for what I thought I would never find;
Never knowing that one day we would be brought together, but rewind
To those earlier days when the mistakes were made along the way
To the moment that we would be brought together on our fateful day

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Coping with the Rough Days

 Katrina A. Taylor, Columnist, MSnewsChannel.com

Coping with the Rough Days

We, as the famous MS’ers have it rough most of our days. What do we do on our good days? Truth be told, we push ourselves as hard as we can and enjoy the hell out of it! Do we have regrets on our bad days (Which one of our bad days is usually the very next day after our good day)? Hell no! This is expected for the most part. This cycle is our life. Do we enjoy this cycle? Absolutely NOT! Who in his/her right mind would? Nobody, of course!

What happens when rough days come when we don’t see these days coming? It’s difficult when we are blinded by this happening in our lives. It’s very difficult to make plans and to care for our family and ourselves. Responsibilities don’t stop on our rough days.

So what do we do? That is the hardest question to answer. Support is the key to success with living